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VCP mutations are not a major cause of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the UK.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Feb 2015
Kwok Chun Tak, Wang Hsiang-Ya, Morris Alex G, Smith Bradley, Shaw Christopher, de Belleroche Jackie
Abstract excerpt
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease causing loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord, brain stem and cerebral cortex. Mutations in the Valosin containing protein (VCP) gene have recently been identified in Familial ALS (FALS) patients, accounting for ~1% of all FALS...
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